profit

"The only way I could find to make a profit on the tour - you're either going, hopefully I sell enough T-shirts to cover the debt, or you cut people's wages, or you fire band and crew, or you travel dangerously."

Dr Hovda said methanol was mixed into alcohol "mostly for profit reasons, because it's cheaper and easily available".

Each fine was calculated based on the "illicit profit" obtained by each airline from these practices.

In July, the Federal Trade Commission published an investigation into the sector, in which it reported that a "vertically integrated and concentrated market structure has allowed PBMs to profit at the expense of patients and independent pharmacists."

PDD Holdings, the Chinese owner of online shopping platforms Temu and Pinduoduo, has reported disappointing sales and profit as Chinese consumers continued to hold back amid an economic slowdown.